New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-21
HAMPTON INSTITUTE COMMENCEMENT
lightly OF ITS FIVE HUNDRED GRADUATES

| EIGHTY OF ITS FIVE HUNDRED GRADUATES
| ASSEMBLED RETURNED INDIAN STUDENTS.
IRON AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
| HAMPTON, Va. May 20-At the Hampton Institute
Commencement yesterday, exPresdent Hayes spoke OF
the work going on here "the pioneer and advance
guard OF the great educational idea OF uniting labor
training with instruction in books" very interesting
| feature Of the Hampton Commencement this year has
been the fourth trennal meeting OF its Alumni Assoca-
ton. Between eighty and ninety OF its coored gradu-
atcs gathered from various Southern States far as
the Gulf. Many brought wives and children with them.
No better witness to Hampons good work be given
than these young people bring The manly and woman
ly bearing the loyalty to Hampton and its principles
the cheerful report OF hard but successful work; the
pride in showing the little and little who arc
all to be Hampton students time" all justify DR..
Haygood in being willing to assert dogmatcaly, and
prove demand that the negro is going steadily
onward becoming better laborers better students better
citizens" Among these eighty returning graduates is
young who has been for several years the
OF the Tuskegee Normal School, institution In Ala
hama founded and by coored graduates OF Hampton
on the Hampton plan. numbering 100 students
His manly. impartial statement OF the condition OF the
negroes in the Black Belt OF Alabama eloquent in
its testimony to the possibilities of the The power
to hold SELF and own people in review and
crtcise failngs without undue sensitveness has not
been very long thorough attainment OF the American
people generally That the better class OF negroes
reaching that point Is good sign for the The adj
dress OF another graduate OF last years cass from sonh
Carolina full OF rather incisve statements TO the
retrogradng of part OF the people. while giving full
praise TO those who surely advancing. rHis
picture OF the negro church he had in South Caro-
lima, where minister and people and deacons at
such variance that they shut the church and stayed apart
" till the earthquake and shook them together
again." had some moral courage as we'll as humor in IT,
The communication that Hampton keeps mp with her
n
constantly and getting yearly reports also from the
county superintendent who employ them teachers,
Ia great strength the school The graduates
spondont reports:
Ihavo heard directly 2o against l6 tho
when they wrote wore expecting To DO shortly The aver
co making for these 1875 enrolment Of llloO which
probably underestimate In the city OF Lynhbur{ alone
Is wen among teachers town OF
Ndr and portsmonS are largely under tho Hamp
graduates OF tho twentysr teacher. in Gloucester
help NJ Booker Washington make his TasEosso school
N.sTon Twcny gdnaes have married since nv ias, re-
The number Of graduates now living 80 TAR ATS KNOW
the present graduating class OF thirtysov
Great interest is naturally felt by the public in the
record of the Indian students returned their Western
homes from Eastern schools. II amply proves that
Eastern schools not failure In the eight years 261
have returned 1872 after three years and 1l3
before that time for delicate health and IL for general
worthessncss or the 10 returned for Ill health the
majority diseased when they came. Some OF these
were sent back possible. Others were kept
under instruction for year and given the chance
OF Improvement In health also. or the 26l 81 have
died. many years OF faithful work large proper
ton OF this number consists OF the above mentioned
sickly ones who home. or those living.
we have the following record for this year up date